Monday, December 3, 2018

December Daily 2018: It begins!

Hi,

Remember me? I haven't blogged in months and months, but it is time for December Daily and those stories live here too so off we go. 

If you aren't familiar with December Daily, you can read all about it via Ali Edwards.

Usually the first December Daily post is the cover and/or foundation pages.... neither has been done.  I did actually make foundation pages (go me!), but did not remember to share them in advance so it will all be a surprise.  Most of the supplies are from Ali Edwards' kit, plus the normal assortment of things from my crafting stash.  My days vary wildly as far as the amount of content, photos, etc... These early days have more pages than will likely happen midweek, but they were fun and set a good foundation, I think. 

Today, there are, as usual, some "pre-December" pages a little bit of the introductory pages and then Day 1.  
With all that introduction-- off we go!

This year's album! Red with lots of Christmasey words on the outside.  I was looking at my shelf of December Daily Albums and it seems like I usually choose red or white with some red on it so sticking to true form.  As you can see, it is already looking a bit full with just the base materials included....

 The first page - I like to start with a transparency and this year is no different.  I'm pondering moving our Christmas card to right behind this first transparency, but this is the set up for now.

 Dot to some weird glare issue the angle here is odd, but essentially this is a 3x8 page Chronicling Brent and my date night on Nov. 29th.  We went to the Myriad Garden's "Jingle Mingle" and then wandered around through and near the gardens.  We stopped for drinks and dessert at Flint by the fireside with a great view of the lights.  It was a lovely evening and our traditional start to the season.
 The flip side is Nov. 30 (see that tab on the edge, it is stamped "November"  on both sides for these early pages).  The 30th was part two of "Project Care." This is a community service project run in coordination with New Covenant Methodist Church and kids from B's middle school. They have grade teams - pictured here is B with the 6th Grade boys.  Phase 1 was buying gifts for kids in need, wrapping them, and making gingerbread to decorate.  Phase 2 is a gingerbread decorating party.  Families pay $20 to come decorate and play.  The money is used to fund the gifts for the kids in need.  The kids (like B) help the kids who come to decorate.  There were WAY more volunteers than necessary so the kids who came to volunteer got quite a bit of time to play too.
 This year, as I sometimes do, I've added a calendar at the start.  I plan to add the theme of each day's pages here so it gives a glance at our month, but can also be a sort of index.
 Day 1:  A huge cork #1 adorned with stars and adhered to a transparency. BIG start to December, which seems appropriate as we had a lot going on that day.
 Christmas card - It may not live here in the end, but is resting here for now complete with a Tab to flip to it.  The card is a bit wide for the book, but I like the variety in page size.
 The backside of the card.
 Small page at the begining of Day 1 about Advent Calendars.  The boys are chose a made by mom calendar and M chose an L.O.L. doll calendar.  For day 1 the boys got a little Christmas LEGO to build together and M got an L.O.L. doll.


 Here is the back with M's doll and the kids in the theater ready for the Christmas show!



The two page spread (Yes, I will work on  better photo angles tomorrow).
 Facing that is a large 6x8 photo of the kids in front of the Myriad Garden tree before the OKC Philharmonic Christmas show.  This was our first time attending, but I really liked it.  The music was great and the singing and dancing paired with it were lovely too.  There were lots of great visuals through out and it kept the kids engaged too.


 So here are the facing pages with the 4x6 open. And that's it! Day 1 is done - full of adventures and stars galore.

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